Chances are you have at least a handful of online accounts you login to on a regular basis. The security on offer for each of them will vary greatly, but one service that has become a lot more secure today is Twitter due to the introduction of login verification.

Twitter has decided to embrace two-factor authentication just like Google, Facebook, and Dropbox already have. It makes your account much more secure because you need more than just a password to login to your account. The second piece of information required is a verification code, which will be sent via text message to your phone.

What this means is, if someone wants to hijack your Twitter account they can no longer do that just by stealing your password. They are also going to have to gain access to your phone, too.

Is this worth setting this up? Most definitely, and you should do so right now. It adds another layer of security to your Twitter account and reduces the chances of it being stolen significantly. And chances are, you will always have your phone nearby, meaning logging in to Twitter from a public or shared machine is also going to be a safer experience (as long as you remember to logout before you stop using that machine).

The roll out of login verification began late yesterday, so if you don’t see it as an option yet in your account settings it should appear relatively quickly.